Year: 2013

The Rev. Monica A. Coleman, scholar and inspirational speaker with a strong commitment to connecting faith and social justice, will deliver the 2013 Antoinette Brown Lecture March 21 at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Read More

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the gas attacks on the Kurdish village of Halabja, Iraq, at the hand of Saddam Hussein that killed at least 5,000 civilians. Vanderbilt University international criminal and humanitarian law expert Michael Newton says lessons learned from the Halabja attack could help the persecuted Kurds being attacked in Syria today. Read More

Vanderbilt's Rites of Spring Music Festival, scheduled for April 19-20, will feature headliners NEEDTOBREATHE and Rusko as well as Miguel, Mat Kearney, Baauer, Juvenile, The Apache Relay and Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 15. Read More

Lyle Jackson, media content producer for Peabody Research Office in the Dean's Office of External Relations, received notification that he has won three Telly Awards for his video works created on behalf of Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. Read More

Peabody Professor Christopher Loss addresses the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) act, speculating what this new regulatory regime might look like. Read More

NASA has awarded $4.4 million to a collaboration of scientists at U.S. universities, including a Vanderbilt professor, and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to help build a 2.5-meter ultraviolet telescope called the Extreme Universe Space Observatory for deployment on the International Space Station in 2017. Read More

The collapse of the party system and high levels of crime and corruption in Venezuela have not dimmed public support for democracy in that country, according to a survey by the Latin American Public Opinion Project at Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is once again named among the nation’s elite Research Schools of Medicine in U.S. News & World Report magazine’s 2014 “Best Graduate Schools” rankings, released this week. Read More

Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development was named the top graduate school of education in the country for the fifth consecutive year by U.S. News and World Report. Read More

Vanderbilt is gearing up for Commencement 2013 and needs volunteers to help with the three-day celebration for graduates and their families. Read More

(iStockphoto) The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health and Wellness is offering an eight-week outdoor boot camp. Boot camp is a high-intensity class featuring cardio drills and strength training exercises, which include, but are not limited to, running, jumping, stair climbing, push-ups, sit-ups, lunges, squats and more. All fitness… Read More

(Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt has announced a new custom design tool to create Vanderbilt shirts, business accessories, gifts and other promotional items. Visit www.vandypromos.com to see a full selection. Use the custom design tool to add approved Vanderbilt logos, then add text and artwork… Read More

(iStock Photo) Apple recently released iOS upgrade 6.1.2 that addresses a calendar bug that causes increased network activity (over-polling of email and calendar) for devices (iPhone, iPad) that access Exchange servers. Vanderbilt email for faculty, staff and graduate students runs on Exchange servers. ITS requests that all faculty, staff and… Read More

The 2013 Tennessee Adult Brothers and Sisters conference will be held April 5-6 at the Holiday Inn-Vanderbilt, located at 2613 West End Ave. in Nashville. The conference is open to adult siblings who have a brother or sister with a disability, siblings-in-law, cousins and professionals interested in sibling issues. Read More

The Hustler caught up with alumnus Austin Bauman, owner of Green Fleet Hub, to hear about his career experience in the post-Vanderbilt world. Read More

March is Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month. In a new wellcast, Mark Bogard with Vanderbilt Environmental Health and Safety talks about the use of eye protection in certain jobs and what to do for an eye injury in an emergency. Listen to interviews, tips… Read More

The Vanderbilt Dayani Center for Health & Wellness is offering an eight-week outdoor boot camp starting March 25. Read More

The Vanderbilt Sarratt Student Center’s newly renovated Connector Space features the work of Nashville artist and Vanderbilt Curb Creative Campus grant recipient Lori Anne Parker-Danley in an exhibition titled The Identity Sculptures Project from March 16 to June 15, 2013. Read More

The top floor of The Commons Center recently achieved LEED Gold Certification, making it the 13th certified project on campus. Read More

The Predators are back on the ice. Be sure to get your Vanderbilt discount. Read More